Clinical Articles /
BY: Ingrid Cosio, MD, CCFP
January/February 2022
... including depression, HIV, and substance use.[ 1-4 ] They are also disproportionately affected by poverty, ... unemployment, homelessness, harassment, and violence.[ 2 , 4 ] Gender-diverse people report barriers to accessing health ... screening, which results in unaddressed health needs.[ 4-8 ] Barriers to care include the knowledge level and ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Clare McGinness, MD, MRCGP
June 2022
... The year-2 family medicine residents complete a 1- to 4-day rotation with WorkSafeBC that introduces them to the ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
October 2022
... him in the recent BCMJ blog post by Dr George Szasz.[ 4 ] Although abortion is not a component of my practice, I ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA
March 2022
... fertility desires with their health care providers.[ 4 ] We review the existing reproductive options for TGD ... 20 million/mL required a median time off testosterone of 3.4 months.[25] However, it took up to 24 months for 100% of ... a mean time of 44 months on testosterone and an average of 4 months cessation before beginning ovarian stimulation. ...
Obituaries /
BY: Felix Durity, MD
December 2022
... the quiet community-involved life but moved to Victoria 4 years ago to be close to his immediate family. Our dear ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Rahel Zewude, MD
May 2022
... 2008 for girls and was expanded to include boys in 2017.[ 4 ] We review BC’s HPV vaccination and screening programs ... single dose [ Table 2 ]. Test of cure is recommended 3 to 4 weeks after initial treatment for pregnant and ... infections within 1 year of infection, is treated with 2.4 million units of penicillin G benzathine (Bicillin L-A) ...
Premise /
BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC
September 2022
... evidence for the SOC 7 in her Letter to the Editor,[ 4 ] Dr Joanne Sinai referenced a systematic review by Dahlen ... may be misconstrued as conversion therapy. Bill C-4, an Act to amend the Criminal Code to prohibit conversion ...
Letters /
BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC
March 2022
... an absence of appropriateness screening by radiology, and (4) the frequent suggestion by radiology to perform advanced ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
November 2022
... experience it and feel good as a result of it.”[ 4 ] Some common activities during which one might experience ...
Premise /
BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP
April 2022
... and certain personality traits such as perfectionism.[ 4 ] Eating disorders occur across the gender spectrum, and ...